Chapter 21 School Inheritance
The next day, when You Xuan returned to the Duel Gym, the whole feeling was different.

Of course, after winning the championship, he could clearly feel that everyone looked at him differently. As soon as he entered the door, someone shouted, and then everyone rushed up to pay homage to the boss.
It's not just this aspect.

When he arrived at the battle arena, You Xuan immediately discovered that the style of painting here was completely different from the first time he came in.

When he first came here, the duel here still gave him the feeling of the early years of axe kings fighting each other. It's not that you hit one and I hit one, but the main offense and defense are basically both sides constantly trying to summon stronger monsters to suppress the opponent.

But today I walked in and saw
Apprentice A: "I attack first, draw a card! I cover four cards, and the turn ends!"

Apprentice B: "What? I started with four cards! But don't get complacent! Watch my turn, draw a card! I'll put down five cards, and the turn ends!"

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Similar scenes appeared simultaneously on several different battlefields.

Just a week ago, when You Xuan had just arrived, if you failed to attack first in a gym duel, you would still be ridiculed for having the wrong deck configuration.

Suddenly it seemed to become the norm.

The style of duels has become more unique. Often, one side will block the opponent with three blocks in the backcourt and then the opponent will block the opponent with three or four blocks in the backcourt.

Then the two sides started to stare at each other. It was often every few rounds before one side would occasionally shoot a monster down, and then of course it would be killed on the spot and directly trapped by the backcourt, and then the two sides continued to stare at each other.
It's like a mutual imprisonment game. The idea is that I'm not going to play this game today, but you can't either.

You Xuan: “.”

These good brothers have obviously fallen into some strange misunderstanding.

The BEAT trap is indeed a classic construction idea that has stood the test of time in Yu-Gi-Oh deck construction for many years, but the so-called BEAT trap is not just about the BEAT trap.

In the essence of this kind of construction, the so-called "pit" is actually impedance, investing a large number of cards that have the ability to interrupt the opponent's operation and make it stop working, but that is only a defensive strategy. On the basis of defense, it is necessary to rely on monster attacks (Beatdown) to guide victory to oneself.

To put it simply, it means both offense and defense.

Therefore, this construction idea actually requires the pursuit of a compact monster axis, while having strong attack, endurance, and stability, and at the same time it must be able to free up a large number of slots. Only in this way will there be room to invest in more pits to interrupt enemy actions.

Even if it is a serious trap, its essence is still to exchange resources to create advantages for oneself. A deck that traps for the sake of trapping is actually just messing with people's mentality. It is irrational and has no combat effectiveness.

This is why everyone knows that pits are awesome, but not all decks in the competition will max out the pits. Many decks have poor compatibility with pits, and many decks have a main axis system that does not allow them to free up so many slots that are irrelevant to the system.

There is a lot of knowledge in deck building. Although the decks of the early years are destined to be eliminated, many competitive ideas will never change. Many principles of deck building are still applicable even in today's extremely high-speed world.

Of course, it was obvious that the gym brothers didn't seem to realize that something was wrong. They only saw that You Xuan killed someone without paying for his life, and then won the championship, so the red pit was awesome.

In just one week, the originally earthly atmosphere in the entire dojo seemed to have turned into a netherworldly one.

You Xuan reflects on himself.

Could it really be my fault?
"By the way, You Xuan!"

An apprentice remembered something and reminded.

"Master said that if you come, go find him."

"Okay, got it."

You Xuan agreed, but at the same time he was wondering, why does this format sound like an elementary school teacher asking you to come to my office after school?
Could it be that the old man was dissatisfied with the trend of the underworld running rampant in the dojo overnight and taking revenge on society?
But he thought that he didn't teach it.
Well, at least not directly.

With doubts, he walked through the hall and came to the back. He saw Master Takeuchi sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed as if meditating. When he heard his movement, he opened his eyes slightly and showed a relieved smile. "You are here."

"I am coming."

Seeing that the owner seemed to be in a good mood, it should be a good thing. You Xuan felt relieved and walked forward to sit down.

"Congratulations on winning the championship." said Master Takeuchi.

"Master, you have cultivated me well." You Xuan said politely at the right time.

But Master Takeuchi smiled and shook his head: "Ha, you are quite polite, kid. But you and I both know that your current level is beyond my ability to teach you."

After a pause, he raised his eyelids and looked at You Xiaxuan carefully.

"You are different, I can feel it." He said slowly, "I don't know what adventures you have had, but I know that you are different from ordinary duelists like us.

It's subtle, but sometimes you just get the feeling. When you see a duelist, when you see him on the field, his temperament, his dueling posture, you know he's different from us. "

This statement felt a bit novel to You Xuan.

He had heard that warriors and killers could recognize the difference between them even if they saw their own kind in a crowd at a glance. It might be because of something like murderous aura. But could card players also have that?

What should it be called? Card Qi?

But he thought to himself that he was just a time traveler, and in his previous life he was at most an amateur, not a professional. In this world where cheats are everywhere, without any cheats or spiritual power, could he see the difference in his temperament?
"In fact, I am not the first generation of the gym's master." The gym owner began to recall the past, "The master before me was a truly powerful duelist.

He has devoted his life to promoting the philosophy of the gym, cultivating outstanding duelists from the younger generation, and finding someone among them who is worthy of being entrusted with the inheritance of the school.

but"

He sighed.

"In a duel, I don't know who my opponent was, and Shifan didn't want to talk about it with anyone. I only know that he seemed to have lost that battle.

It was after that that he fell ill and was admitted to the hospital. But all the doctors could not find out what was wrong with him, only that his health was getting worse.
After that, he fell into a coma and has not woken up to this day."

You Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this.

This feels a bit like the legendary dark duel.

At this point you may be asking, can someone die just by playing cards?
Then we have to mention the characteristics of the Yu-Gi-Oh World. Dark Duel is almost omnipotent. Playing cards can not only kill people, but also capture souls and manipulate minds, making the loser a puppet and posing him in all kinds of ways.

This is why it is said that even in the extraordinary world, the one with superb card skills is the absolute king.

However, if it was really a dark duel, after hearing the description, it seemed that he survived for a long time before passing out after losing the card. The opponent's dark duelist sounds like he would be a bit underachieving in the original anime.
“Before Master fell into a coma, he passed on the position of gym leader to me, along with a rare card that represents our school and serves as a symbol of inheritance.

But I know clearly that I don’t have that talent, nor am I qualified to inherit that power. So I sealed this deck up, just like the previous generation of teachers did, and looked for young people who are qualified to inherit it.”

Master Takeuchi sighed, turned around slowly and looked at You Xuan.

".until today."

(End of this chapter)